Get your Woof On
Woofstock–a family-friendly dog festival to benefit the Richmond Animal League–takes place Saturday, May 30th from 10 AM-4 PM on Monument Avenue between Allen and Lombardy.
Archive for May 2009
FDA Gives Away Free Trees
Around Earth Day we posted about the City’s Adopt-a-Tree program, where residents can purchase a tree (planted by the City’s Department of Urban Forestry) for $50, assuming they agree to tend to the tree for 2 years. The Fan District Association has announced that they are subsidizing the program: For the low, low price of [...]
Paradise in the Fan
We posted on this earlier, but there’s more happening with Paradise Park. First, there’s a website dedicated to this ‘pocket park’ between Grove and Floyd and Allen and Vine. And second, there’s a meeting scheduled in the park this coming Wednesday (June 3rd) at 6 PM for a ‘Friends of the Park’ organizational meeting. The [...]
Police Investigate Fan Assaults
The Richmond Police Department has issued an advisory saying they are investigating two recent assaults on women in the Fan. There is no conclusive evidence that the assaults are related, but similarities suggest they may be. Both incidents occurred on the street shortly after 2 a.m. as the victims were walking from restaurants along West [...]
Signer has Richmond office in Fan
Michael Signer, a candidate for Virginia lieutenant governor, opened his Richmond campaign office in the Fan at 10 N. Robinson Street earlier this month. The RTD has an article about Signer’s race in the Democratic primary against Jody Wagner; a race that isn’t getting much attention given the intense 3-way battle for the Democratic governor [...]
New Fan District Association Board Members
At the Fan District Association’s Meeting on Tuesday four new members were elected to serve from 2009-2012: John Gilbody, Betsy Coffield, Sanford Dallas, and Denny Fox. To read about them (and see pictures!) click here.
Butterflies, Blooms and Grooves at Ginter
The new butterfly garden opens this Friday at Lewis Ginter. Also, now through June 7th, it’s a million blooms (roses are blooming right now). Lastly, did you see the lineup for Groovin’ in the Garden? Seriously, it’s all bands I’ve heard of. (Well, 5 out of 6 ain’t bad) Go to their website to learn [...]
Binford Teacher Makes Difference through Baseball
The RTD has a nice profile of Binford Middle School Spanish teacher Chris Mercer, who is also an assistant coach for the Thomas Jefferson High School Baseball team. It discusses Mercer’s mission to bring baseball back to the city schools in a meaningful way that emphasizes not only sports, but also character. He calls it [...]
Kendra Feather Profile
We love Kendra Feather, owner of Ipanema and (soon-to-open) Garnett’s Cafe. Brandon Eats has posted an article about Feather, which includes more details on Garnett’s. Feather says, of her philosophy on food: “Food is a way to connect with people. It’s a way to care for them . . . I come from the school [...]
24 Hours of Art
The Visual Arts Center is hosting an event called ART:24 starting tomorrow, May 15th. Here’s a description from their website: a decidedly un-stuffy celebration of hands, community, crafts, food and fun. This 24-hour whirl of funky, fabulous activities and workshops celebrates the art of everyday. ART:24 is a Main Street community collaboration and will spill out [...]
‘Not-Quite-Paradise’ Park Clean-up
Tucked in an alley between Floyd and Grove Avenues and Allen and Vine is another Fan park–known as Paradise Park. While I’d hardly call it paradise, a few folks plan to make it a little closer to paradise this Saturday through a clean-up effort. It is a nice spot for a break, a play-date, or [...]
What’s Your View on Baseball in Richmond?
Here’s your chance to weigh-in on the whole ballpark thing. Public square meeting tonight will address that issue at 7 p.m. on May 12, at The Times-Dispatch downtown offices at 300 East Franklin Street. Here’s an article from RTD with a primer in case you’ve been underground for the past year or so. And, here’s an article from [...]
New Restaurant between Fan and Byrd Park
Here’s a great post from RVAFoodie about a new restaurant going in at Parkwood and Addison. He suggests that more is needed than just a restaurant to bring greater cohesion to these two neighborhoods, but he also outlines how development like this can be a small step toward responsible urban renewal. But I’d just like [...]
Republican to Join Fray for Hall’s Seat
RTD has this on Ernesto Sampson’s plans to seek the soon-to-be vacated House of Delegates’ seat held by Franklin Hall. Sampson has worked as a financial analyst since his 1998 graduation from VMI. There is a three-way contest for the Democratic nomination for the heavily Democratic, and majority African-American, 69th House District (which includes a [...]
